كيف تنطق "tilt at windmills"
expression
TILT-at-WIND-milz
TILT-at-WIND-milz
التعريف
To fight or struggle against imaginary or impossible problems, often wasting time and effort on things that cannot be changed.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈtɪɫt/ /ˈæt/ /ˈwɪndˌmɪɫz
الإنجليزية البريطانية
tˈɪlt/ /ˈæt/ /wˈɪndmɪlz
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
TILT-at-WIND-milz
بريطاني
TILT-at-WIND-milz
استمع في السياق
He likes to tilt at windmills and argue about things that will never change.
Some people say fighting corruption is just tilting at windmills.
She refuses to tilt at windmills and focuses on goals she can achieve.
You can complain all you want, but if you try to change the weather, you're just tilting at windmills.